Humanism in Indian English Fiction

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Humanism is basically a philosophical outlook centered on the authority of human being as a dignified, rational being. Humanism’s final court of appeal is human reason rather that any external authority. Its spirit is secular, liberal and tolerant. The humanists through their scholarship and learning registered their protest against socio-political and religious establishments. The emulation of the ancient writers is no longer a dominant force in literature but humanistic ideals are still influential in modern thought. In the Indian English novel the humanism centered upon moral, social, cultural and political values in the works of Mulk Raj anand, R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao and Khushwant Singh. While locating humanistic trends in Indian fiction in English, the earliest among women writers to figure prominently in the pantheon of Indian fiction in English is that of Kamala Markandaya, followed by anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande. Works written by writersn like Arun Joshi, anurag Mathur, Arundhati Roy and the recent works by Shobha De, Vikram Seth and Amitav Ghosh conform largely to the humanistic values/concerns. The twenty-seven essays in Humanism in Indian English Fiction interrogate and debate the humanistic concerns which inform the works of Mulk Raj anand, R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao, Khushwant Singh, V.S.Naipaul, Rohinton Mistry, Bhisham Sahani, Kamala Markandaya, Bhabani Bhattacharya, Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Arun Joshi, Chaman Nahal, Attia Hosain, Salman Rushdie, amitav Ghosh, Vikram Seth, Shobha De, Arundhati Roy, Meera Syal, Githa Hariharan, Bharati Mukherjee, Sunetra Gupta, Meena Alexander, Chitra Divakaruni, Boman Desai, Jhumpa Lahiri, Rupa Bajwa.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR T.S. Anand

Dr. T.S. Anand is Head, Postgraduate Dept. of English, G.G.N. Khalsa College, Ludhiana (Punjab, India). Besides poetry (The Man and the Masks, short stories in English (The Harmonies) and a collection of poems in Panjabi (Vithan di Paed), and research papers on American and Indian English Fiction, he has published Saul Bellow: The Feminine Mystique, Critical Essays on the American-Jewish Novel and Perspectives on the Afro-American Novel. He is the founder Editor of a bi-annual Journal of English Studies, Literary Voice. His other editorial ventures include New Waves in American Literature, A Mosaic of encounters, Modern American Literature, Modern Indian English fiction and Images of Woman in Fiction. Presently Dr. Anand is editing Humanism in Indian English Fiction. He was the President of the Indian Association for American Studies for the years 2002-2004.

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Title
Humanism in Indian English Fiction
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8180430294
Length
246p., Notes; References; Index; 23cm.
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